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Attempted-murder case against Lafayette woman moves forward

By Mitchell Byars

Staff Writer

Posted:
02/25/2016 04:05:02 PM MST

Updated:
02/26/2016 07:30:01 AM MST

Rebekah Jones makes her first court appearance at the Boulder County Jail on Monday. She is facing an attempted-murder charge after being accused of trying to shoot her boyfriend during a domestic dispute in Lafayette on New Year's Day. (Kira Horvath / Staff Photographer)

The charges were transferred from Boulder County court to district court after a preliminary hearing, during which a judge rules whether or not there is probable cause that Jones committed the offenses.

Jones is now scheduled for an arraignment on April 29, according to Boulder County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Catherine Olguin.

Both the attempted-murder and felony menacing counts are domestic violence charges. The attempted-murder count -- a Class 3 extraordinary risk crime -- carries a sentence of up to 16 years in prison.

The charges stem from a reported domestic dispute between Jones and her live-in boyfriend, Brady Newton, at their Lafayette home on Jan. 1 that ended with Newton turning his back to Jones and hearing "click, click, click," according to a police report.

According to the report, the gun -- which Jones owned -- was loaded, but apparently failed to fire because there was no round in the chamber.

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Jones has claimed that the attempted shooting was in self-defense after Newton tried to strangle her. Newton is not facing any charges and denied the choking accusation, and Lafayette police have said they have not found evidence to back Jones's claims.

Jones is free on $50,000 bond with the condition of electronic home monitoring. Because she is facing domestic violence counts, Jones also was ordered to forfeit any firearms and must move out of the house she shared with Newton. She also will not be able to have contact with her children because they are witnesses in the case.

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